The prevalence of hypertension in children and adolescents is rising in association with the
increasing rate of childhood obesity, and it is associated with early target organ damage …

Purpose: To characterize age-related alterations in the retinal microcirculation,
microvascular network, and microstructure in healthy subjects. Methods: Seventy-four …

Retinal fundus images are used to detect organ damage from vascular diseases (eg
diabetes mellitus and hypertension) and screen ocular diseases. We aimed to assess …

This paper describes a technique for the retinal vessel classification into artery and vein
categories from fundus images within a framework to compute the arteriovenous ratio. This …

The lack of specificity in neuroimaging studies of neurological and psychiatric diseases
suggests that these different diseases have more in common than is generally considered …

Nowadays, among the main causes of blindness in developed countries are age-related
macular degeneration (AMD) and the diabetic macular edema (DME). Both diseases …

Wall-to-lumen ratio of retinal arterioles might serve as an in vivo parameter of vascular
damage. We analyzed the impact of brachial clinic blood pressure (BP), of central BP, and of …

Background and objectives The examination of the fundus allows to evaluate retinal the
microcirculation in vivo. We assess the reliability and validity of ALTAIR software, and to …

There are some evidence of the association between the calibre of the retinal blood vessels
and hypertension. Computer-assisted procedures have been proposed to measure the …

PURPOSE: Retinal image analysis can lead to early detection of several pathologies such
as hypertension or diabetes. Screening processes require the evaluation of a high amount …